Ch. 3

Question 1

Processes or Projections

Bone markings and features

Answer 1

Extend beyond or project out from the main body of a bone

Question 2

Derpressions

Answer 2

Hollow or depressed areas

Question 3

Fractures

Answer 3

A break in a bone

Question 4

Condyle

Answer 4

Rounded process at an articular end

Question 5

Coracoid or coronoid

Answer 5

Beaklike or crownlike process

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

Ridgelike process

Question 7

Epicondyle

Answer 7

Projection above a condyle

Question 8

Facet

Answer 8

Small, smooth-surfaced articular process

Question 9

Hamulus

Answer 9

Hook-shaped process

Question 10

Head

Answer 10

Expanded end of a long bone

Question 11

Horn

Answer 11

Hornlike process

Question 12

Line

Answer 12

Linear elevation; not as prominent as a crest

Question 13

Malleolus

Answer 13

Club-shaped process

Question 14

Protuberance

Answer 14

Projecting prominence

Question 15

Spine

Answer 15

Sharp process

Question 16

Trochanter

Answer 16

Two large, rounded and elevated processes of the proximal femur

Question 17

Tuberocity

Answer 17

Large, rounded, elevated process

Question 18

Foramen

Answer 18

Hole in a bone for transmission of vessels and nerves

Question 19

Nondisplaced Fracture

Answer 19

Bones broken but still in alignment

Question 20

Displaced Fracture

Answer 20

Bones broken and out of alignment

Question 21

Compression Fracture

Answer 21

Fall, coming down on your feet; spine fracture

Question 22

Compound Fracture

Answer 22

Serious fracture, comes through the skin, open

*Most complicated/severe fracture

Question 23

Comminuted (open) Fracture

Answer 23

Fracture site has bone particles

Question 24

Greenstick Fracture

Answer 24

Nondisplaced; Similar to breaking a limb of a tree; does not break all the way through

Question 25

Impacted Fracture

Answer 25

Similar to compression; looks different though

Question 26

Transverse Fracture

Answer 26

Fractured at an angle through the bone

Question 27

Spiral (Oblique) Fracture

Answer 27

Fractured diagonally through the bone

Question 28

Simple Fracture

Answer 28

Broken, nondisplaced

Question 29

Trendelenburg's Body Position

Answer 29

Supine with the head lower than the feet

Question 30

Fowler's position

Answer 30

Supine with the head elevated

Question 31

Sims' position

Answer 31

Recumbent w. patient lying on left anterior side w. left leg extended and right knee and thigh partially flexed

Question 32

Lithotomy position

Answer 32

Supine w. knees and hips flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally, supported by ankle support

Question 33

Lateral position

Answer 33

Named according to the side of the patient that is placed CLOSER to the IR

Question 34

Oblique Postion

Answer 34

Body is rotated so that coronal plane is not parallel w. the table or IR *Angle of rotation is specific for anatomy of interest

Question 35

Decubitus Position

Answer 35

Recumbent position w. horizontal CR | *Named according to the body surface on which patient is lying

Question 36

Lordotic postion

Answer 36

Upright position in which the patient is leaning backward

Question 37

Supination

Answer 37

Rotation of forearm so that palm is up

Question 38

Pronation

Answer 38

Rotation of forearm so that palm is down